Travel Blogs from Chicago

... with us having a rave since we had flashy lights on the front. We also had to do the hand signals and to speed up we had to put one hand in the air palm up and go 'woop woop' as if we were raising the roof in a club. All I could think was 'only in America' as about 20 of us (some blt guys joined us) were ringing our bells and raising the roof in the middle of a very busy city. We all decided we were going to go ...

... radical' at the time, which shows how far we've come in a relatively short time.

We visited a local shop after are viewing of the Old State Capital and made the acquaintance of some locals. It was refreshing to have some genuine interest in us and England. We had to inform them we didn't know the queen however.

On the road again and on the way to the home of the corn dog at Cozy Dog Inn. It's a restaurant that created the ...

Chicago is called the second city after it was burnt down by the great fire in 1871 and then rebuilt. The story goes that some old lady's cow kicked over an oil lamp and that's how it all started. The weather had been dry and fire-fighters had already put out a lot of fires over the city in the days leading up to the great fire, so that when it came they and their horses were already over tired. It was a ...

We are starting to get used to these very early starts! Up at 4:30 am again today to catch our 6:55 am flight to Chicago. A cab was going to cost us about $30, so we (I) decided we would just catch the bus for $4.80 total. San Antonio has a good bus network, however, it is so difficult to navigate! Their website is absolutely terrible and offers little to no help, as did the reception staff at the motel. I couldn't work out the website, so we walked to the nearest main bus stop ...

... out my carry on was to fat to fly, literally - well, that is, I had to get it checked. Apparently your third checked bag is free, so yay! (Pathetic how much sh*t I brought lol). So I'm now walking around with my laptop and iPad in hand since I didn't want to check those. How bad is it that on a study abroad I forget my school backpack at home?! Obviously studying was my main concern while packing; I didn't even bring school supplies...oops. Live and ...